MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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